The xCommerce market – which includes e-commerce and other types of online business – will grow rapidly in Asia Pacific, rising from nearly US$7 trillion in 2015 to nearly US$17 trillion in 2019, according to IDC.

MALAYSIANS' propensity for social shopping stands out on a global scale, coming in second place behind Indonesia which took the top spot with 78%, according to a Rakuten survey of the 12 countries it operates in.

According to a new PayPal survey conducted by GfK to measure the changing ways that consumers shop and pay, Malaysians plan to do nearly half (46%) of all their holiday shopping online this year, which the two companies said would save consumers 36 hours of their time.